Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling, illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, and tales (1891)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 118
nwoman in Eastern Europeis generally suspected ofhaving had intercourse witha vampire or spirit beforeher marriage, and she whohas done this, willingly orunconsciously, never haschildren. They have re-course to many magicmedicines or means to pro-mote conception ; one ofthe most harmless inHungary… … PREGNANCY AND CHARMS. 101 Or else the woman drinks the water in which the husband has casthot coals, or, better still, has spit, saying :— Kay me yakh somAc tu angar,Kay me brishind som,Ac tu pani ! Where I am flameBe thou the coals!Where I am rainBe thou the water ! Or at times the husband takes…
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